Irregardless, it should be an interesting game. Like you said, the Lions desperately need a win, but they have not looked good and generally play poorly on the road. Vick is due to have a monster game. It could get ugly.....then again, Stafford could finally break out.

I didn't really consider the game pathetic when I was watching it. Looked like a ton of effort on both sides of the ball to me. Stafford was hustling his butt off. Did you see how covered everybody was and how much pressure he was under? Same with the other side of the ball. We were hitting very hard and kept the offense in the game with some nice resistance.

We were in the red zone multiple times. 2 critical fumbles when we should have had at least 10 points on those trips. Then the fumbled punt return. (the INT was meaningless due to the situation, but we were also in easy range for a FG there if we wouldn't have been down 13 points).

IMO, we outplayed the Bears except for the 3 fumbles. All 3 were execution errors by individuals and not something that the team as a whole should feel bad about.

On the road, in the rain, against one of the best defenses, in a rivalry game. 1 less fumble and we had it.